Parents guide

There are many sex scenes throughout, and all of them are shown in a very raw and uncomfortable manner. Breasts and butt are shown but no genitalia.

There sexual references ranging from mild to incredibly explicit.

The movie opens with a man having sex beside a bull ring with two women. Lots of graphic thrusting is shown.

A man and a woman have sex in a bathroom. Both are fully clothed and there is a lot of loud moaning.

A flashback shows the main character having sex with a woman with track marks on her arms; its how he contracted the HIV virus.

Though there are lots of sexual scenes throughout the movie, the most graphic one includes a brief threesome between a man and two topless women. Some thrusting is shown for a brief second and the women are briefly shown on top of each other.

A woman takes her bra off for a man and dances for him. She tries to give him oral sex but he stops her. All while a porn video is playing in the background.

A man masturbates (nothing shown but him breathing), looking at pictures of scantly clad women. And is disrupted by a picture of a man (this is not graphic and played only for laughs).

Several brief scenes in a strip club with topless women and some dancing.

A man's butt is briefly seen sticking out of the back of his hospital gown after waking up from a comatose state. In other scenes, he is wearing underwear under the gown.

A character coughs up blood.

One man lunges at another, but is held back. He then spits on two men.

A man grabs a doctor and yells at him, but he is then pulled away.

A man scuffles with another man and is hit in the mouth, causing his mouth to become bloody.

A man's leg is caught up underneath a industrial device, a graphic shot of his bloody leg is seen.

'F*ck' and its derivatives are said 100 times

'Pussy' is said in a vulgar context.

'Godd*mn' is said several times.

'Dumb*ss' is said.

'Son of a b*tch' is said at least three times.

'F*ggot' is said many times.

'C*cksucker' is said at least three times.

'D*mn' is said.

'Balls' is said in a vulgar context.

'Sh*t' is said many times.

During a flashback we see needle marks on a man's arm implying that he got AIDS from sharing a heroin needle

The main character Ron Woodroof is a drug addict, alcoholic, and chain smoker. When he finds out that he has HIV, he abuses his medication (he takes it with alcohol), snorts a lot of cocaine and drinks throughout each day. This causes him to almost die.

In the opening scene a man and two women snort cocaine.

A man takes a drink of alcohol from a bottle before riding a bull.

Several scenes takes place in a bar.

Many people snort cocaine.

A main theme of the movie is dealing prescription drugs that help people who have AIDS that are unapproved by the FDA.

People are shown to be doing heroin.

This movie is very heavy and has a lot to do with depressing matters such as drug addiction and dying from AIDS.

The main character has several episodes of disorientation that are intense.